More than 50 other games will be available via V Cast when the phone launches, Sony said.

Past PlayStation games will soon go on sale in the Android Marketplace, in the form of Android apps, and Sony will use Android as the OS to power its next portable PlayStation gaming console, currently nicknamed the NGP.

Sony hasn't said whether it will have the NGP, Xperia Play or future PlayStation certified phones use the recently relaunched PlayStation Network to buy games and apps, as is used on the PlayStation 3 video game console.

The Xperia Play handset also features a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4-inch touch screen, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a VGA camera on the front for video chatting. The phone will also be able to connect to the Internet via 3G or Wi-Fi signals.

Below is a video from Sony Ericsson of the Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior game being demonstrated on the phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.